New English virus already in Rome, a squeeze ready to contain infections

Covid-19 bis, or the modified version of Coronavirus which on Friday forced the British government to shut down London in a hurry. And the European governments yesterday suspend flights and connections with Great Britain. Furthermore, in the coming days, if the spread of the virus variant in Italy were to become extensive, the government could follow in the British footsteps and decide to tighten containment measures. In short, there would be a harsh confinement and without “mitigations”, such as those contained in the last decree.

Covid, the passengers of the last plane from Great Britain arrived in Fiumicino

The truth is that the modified version of Covid is in Rome. At around 8 p.m. last night, the Ministry of Health announced that the mutated virus was identified by the Celio military hospital, in collaboration with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, during the control of a person disembarked in recent days (therefore, not yesterday) in Fiumicino from a flight from the UK.

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Actually, the positives of the new type of Covid-19 are twofold: the London man has infected his wife. The spouses and their families are isolated – said the ministry – and are following all the necessary procedures to limit the infection.

But perhaps the positives could be three because in the afternoon a passenger disembarked from one of the two flights that landed in Fiumicino, which had left England before the suspension ordered by our government, got infected. This is an Italian doctor immediately isolated, the only positive among the 218 passengers checked one by one after landing. Your swab is already in Spallanzani to understand what kind of Covid-19 has hit you. Another 120 people who landed on a night flight were also registered in Fiumicino. But no other details were released overnight.

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The controls

The news of the two Italian positives in Covid-bis, immediately relaunched in all the international media, closed a dramatic day. During which the virus appeared to mock Brexit, first forcing Her Majesty’s government to cancel Christmas for Londoners and then causing Britain’s de facto isolation from the continent. In fact, yesterday almost all European countries blocked flights to and from the United Kingdom and then, at night, France suspended maritime and land connections for 48 hours, closing the Channel Tunnel.
A very serious decision because at these hours on the roads leading to the northern French ports there are very long lines of Tir. In fact, it is being decided whether Britain will leave the EU according to Brussels or without rules and therefore British companies and families are trying to get as much goods as possible to the island to protect themselves from any problems.
The variation of the virus is causing a great alarm because the British authorities claim that Covid-bis is spreading 70% faster than the original. Today at 11 a European summit will be held, convened by Chancellor Angela Merkel (current president of the EU) “to adopt coordinated measures throughout the Union.” In fact, isolated cases have been identified both in the Netherlands (only one infected) and in Denmark.

Covid, tampons in Fiumicino for passengers of the last plane from Great Britain

The vaccine does not risk

However, Italian health authorities tend to contain the alarm within reasonable margins because Covid-bis would not question the efficacy of ready-to-use vaccines. “Even if there are mutations like the ones that were first reported in Britain and then in other areas, it is very unlikely that the efficacy of the vaccine will be lost. Really the answer to get out of this situation is the vaccine both for the safety profile and for the efficacy, “said Franco Locatelli, President of the Higher Health Council. In the same vein, the virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco: «Vaccines are not in danger because they recognize even small modifications of the virus. In the worst case, however, we should not start from scratch but update vaccines as happens every year with traditional flu.
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However, pending certainty, European countries have already established a sanitary cordon around Great Britain. After Belgium and the Netherlands, Italy was the first state to suspend flights. A choice made by the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, after listening to his British counterpart Matt Hancock early in the morning. Next, Speranza, very attentive to the European coordination of anti-Covid actions, spoke with his colleagues Olivier Véran (France), Jens Spahn (Germany) and Salvador Illa Reco (Spain).
Hope did not limit himself to decree blocking flights to and from Great Britain. Already on Saturday night, as soon as the news of the Covid-19 variant spread, the Minister of Health had ensured that the Higher Institute of Health and the research and monitoring centers verified “all genomic frequencies” of the virus that they are occurring. meeting in Italy at this time.
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